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Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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Post by fanieldanara »

open-paren wrote: post #3

I've only read the landing page, but I'm instantly very interested in this. I've recently been looking for a product or solution just like this as part of my emergency preparedness goals. Some questions: 1) I know that homesheet.co is currently free, but what are you considering for pricing options? 2) What are my data export options? No offense, but products on HN are a dime-a-dozen and this is the kind of data that…

Thank you for your interest! Happy to address your questions:

1. HomeSheet is currently free so I can gauge user interest and receive user feedback (Like yours, which I appreciate so much). After the early access period, I'm considering an annual subscription, and likely a free tier. This all depends on the infrastructure costs, etc moving forward.

2. I'm committed to a PDF export option to generate visual reports of your items. This isn't quite ready yet but it's in the works! Currently, I am able to provide a sqlite export of your data and a zip of your assets via a support request at this time, but I would like this export option directly in the app so it is available to you 24/7.

Encryption is an interesting use case I haven't considered yet. I'd be happy to explore what this would look like. My first thought would be to allow for client side encryption of any documents attached to your items, so things like vehicle registrations, bill of sales, etc. would all be encrypted client side. This is something I'll have to explore more, and likely would be added at a later date. I'm definitely interested though!

Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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Post by fanieldanara »

yhoiseth wrote: post #7

Looks great! I entered a value for an item, and it was automatically denominated in USD. The amount I entered was in NOK. How can I change the currency? I checked the profile page, but I couldn’t find it there.

Thanks for your feedback! Currently USD is the default (and only) denomination, but I will be adding support for other denominations in the future!

Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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Post by fanieldanara »

lkxijlewlf wrote: post #9

This looks interesting. I have a question to those who use it. I work from home and I have a good bit of stuff from my work (RFID readers, LIDAR, computers, web relays, etc) that I want to catalogue in case something happens to me and my SO needs to differentiate between what is ours and what is works. Would this be a good piece of software to do that?

I'll let anyone else chime in if they would like, but I wanted to note that Collections would be a good use case for this. If you add all of your work gear, you can add it to a "Work Assets" collection, that would be tagged on all of those items.

Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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Post by fanieldanara »

michaelmior wrote: post #6

One feature which seems obvious enough that you're probably already considering it is the ability to share my inventory with other users. It would be nice if I could share this with my spouse without having to share login information.

Thank you for your feedback, this is in the pipeline but won't be ready until a later date. This is definitely a use case I have considered and would like to address.

Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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Post by gruturo »

I understand the SaaS model (after all, if my house burns down, I don't want the inventory to burn down with it), but this is an advertiser's (and a burglar's !!) wet dream. Any current commitments to safeguarding my privacy could be reversed in your future T&C, or you may be acquired (User data included) by a company with wildly different priorities.

How could you convince me that the data will always be properly safeguarded?

Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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fanieldanara wrote: post #11
open-paren wrote: post #3

I've only read the landing page, but I'm instantly very interested in this. I've recently been looking for a product or solution just like this as part of my emergency preparedness goals. Some questions: 1) I know that homesheet.co is currently free, but what are you considering for pricing options? 2) What are my data export options? No offense, but products on HN are a dime-a-dozen and this is the kind of data that…

Thank you for your interest! Happy to address your questions: 1. HomeSheet is currently free so I can gauge user interest and receive user feedback (Like yours, which I appreciate so much). After the early access period, I'm considering an annual subscription, and likely a free tier. This all depends on the infrastructure costs, etc moving forward. 2. I'm committed to a PDF export option to generate visual reports of…

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Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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Post by toomuchtodo »

Consider on your roadmap a white label option for companies that might want to offer this service to customers (home insurers, primarily, although I'm sure there are other use cases). Longer sales cycle, but more recurring revenue, more sticky, less price sensitive. Charge enough to make it worth your time, but not so much that a non-tech/biz person would try to gather resources together to build it in house.

Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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Post by spacephysics »

gruturo wrote: post #15

I understand the SaaS model (after all, if my house burns down, I don't want the inventory to burn down with it), but this is an advertiser's (and a burglar's !!) wet dream. Any current commitments to safeguarding my privacy could be reversed in your future T&C, or you may be acquired (User data included) by a company with wildly different priorities. How could you convince me that the data will always be properly sa…

Yeah I think for non-HN crowd this will hopefully save people time/money with insurance claims.

But for privacy conscious people, I don’t see anything they could say to have me trust them. Nothing against HomeSheet in particular, but we don’t have any assurances that the data will not be sold (acquisition style).

Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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Post by fanieldanara »

spants wrote: post #10

Looks interesting... 1) Verification email went to spam on google 2) Values are in USD - what about the rest of the world? 3) Will need an export to csv rather than just pdf Thanks!

Thanks for letting me know about the verification email going to spam, I will look into this. Other currencies are in the works! I'm considering other export options and I'll note your vote for CSV!

Thank you for your feedback!

Re: Show HN: HomeSheet – easy-to-use home inventory software

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Post by mrandish »

gruturo wrote: post #15

I understand the SaaS model (after all, if my house burns down, I don't want the inventory to burn down with it), but this is an advertiser's (and a burglar's !!) wet dream. Any current commitments to safeguarding my privacy could be reversed in your future T&C, or you may be acquired (User data included) by a company with wildly different priorities. How could you convince me that the data will always be properly sa…

That's a potential objection that didn't occur to me. I think the reason why is that the vast majority of home break-ins and burglaries aren't premeditated. They are addicts seeking stuff they can quickly sell for cash or random crimes of opportunity. Not criminal masterminds or international jewel thieves.

If it is a common concern I imagine the company could offer an encrypted option where the cloud data is never plaintext.

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